Where does “bekend” come from?

bekend (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bekent, from Dutch bekennen, from Middle Dutch bekennen, from Old Dutch bikennen.

bekend (Dutch): known; familiar, trusted

Definitions

  1. known; familiar, trusted

Ancestry of “bekend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbekent—
2Dutchbekennento acknowledge, confess; to see, to make out, to...
3Middle Dutchbekennento get to know, to learn of; to notice; to see
4Old Dutchbikennen—

Words derived from “bekend”

Every word from Old Dutch bikennen →Every word from Middle Dutch bekennen →Every word from Dutch bekennen →